The IPL Governing Council has confirmed the dates & venue for the mega auction for Season 15th of the league. The auction as reported earlier will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13, IPL 2022 Mega Auction Will begin at 3:30 PM IST, IPL Auction 2022 will be telecast on the Star Sports Network.
The IPL teams were allowed to retain up to 4 players ahead of the auction. The retention combination was either two Indians and two foreigners or three Indians and one player from abroad but retaining at least two Indian player was mandatory. But for the new two teams in Lucknow and Ahmedabad, they were permitted to retain up to three players via a combo of at least two Indian players and 1 foreigner.
Meanwhile, the two new IPL teams Ahmedabad and Lucknow have officially named their draft picks ahead of the upcoming mega auction for the 2022 season. Team Lucknow, paid Rs 17 crore for Rahul. Along with that, the franchise signed Marcus Stoinis for 9.2 crore and Rs 4 crore for young Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.
On the other hand, Pandya, who won multiple IPL titles with Mumbai Indians, was picked by the CVC-capital owned Ahmedabad franchise for Rs 15 crore. Ahmedabad also paid up the same amount of money to acquire the services of star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan. India batter Shubman Gill, for Rs 8 crore, was the third pick by the franchise.